hi everyone,
we frequently use the osm2pgsql-tool for converting OSM-data to our
postgis-database.
I want to put up for discussions why the coastlines are explicitly
discarded.
I've found one hint from sources (output-pgsql.c):
-----SOURCE-SNIPPET-BEGIN------------------------
/* Discard natural=coastline tags
(we render these from a shapefile instead) */
if (!strcmp("natural",item->key) &&
!strcmp("coastline",item->value)) {
freeItem( item );
item = NULL;
/* Allow named islands to appear as polygons */
add_area_tag = 1;
continue;
}
-----SOURCE-SNIPPET-END--------------------------
For me it makes no sense to leave such geometries out. It doesn't hurt,
even if you render these things from another source (e.g. shape-files).
I would suggest to take this out respectively to have switch for that.
Whats your opinion ?
regards Ronald